tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post7365521075486906824..comments2018-02-21T18:26:09.649-08:00Comments on John K Stuff: Smears and PosesJohnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14033480276168015590noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-28161722983154255992009-07-13T04:17:25.042-07:002009-07-13T04:17:25.042-07:00John.
I love the old WB shorts including that one....John.<br />I love the old WB shorts including that one.<br /><br />The Dover boys are classics.<br />Don&#39;t you agree?<br />:)Alechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145987409254582328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-9982762695674198732009-07-13T03:53:43.487-07:002009-07-13T03:53:43.487-07:00I saw that WB short.It&#39;s a classic.
The animat...I saw that WB short.It&#39;s a classic.<br />The animation...incredible.<br />The comedy...hysterical.<br />Just brilliant.<br />:)Chickens_are_crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145987409254582328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-10428818207436831262009-07-12T02:24:10.587-07:002009-07-12T02:24:10.587-07:00The smears &quot;smell&quot; good. Ha ha ha!.. ehe...The smears &quot;smell&quot; good. Ha ha ha!.. ehem... sorry.Lohengrin Navarrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883682631196997789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-5877250745678987452009-07-11T13:16:45.038-07:002009-07-11T13:16:45.038-07:00his personality reminds me of the character you ma...his personality reminds me of the character you made for the ripping friends man of next thursday for some reasonIron maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541813261968970717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-18529193551346138432009-07-11T10:11:53.452-07:002009-07-11T10:11:53.452-07:00The first time I saw The Dover Boys I just couldn&...The first time I saw The Dover Boys I just couldn&#39;t believe the transitions. They were too far way original.Fabián Fuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511470341479650900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-16151689331091873962009-07-11T08:38:16.968-07:002009-07-11T08:38:16.968-07:00What&#39;s particularly cool about the &quot;...fa...What&#39;s particularly cool about the &quot;...father&#39;s money&quot; pose/smears/pose moment is how the smears work with the apparent &quot;camera move.&quot; Just a couple of frames past the big smear, Dan goes partially off-camera (just his nose!) as the camera &quot;catches up&quot; to him. This highlights the abruptness and, more importantly, fits right into the moment&#39;s dramatic Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850838415762644444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-3025320544443618512009-07-10T11:13:33.054-07:002009-07-10T11:13:33.054-07:00John- The line is &quot;how I LOVE HER--father&#39...John- The line is &quot;how I LOVE HER--father&#39;s money.&quot;John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298128571900918624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-23823504514035875142009-07-10T06:51:14.283-07:002009-07-10T06:51:14.283-07:00Yeah, now that&#39;s the stuff! And thanks for the...Yeah, now that&#39;s the stuff! And thanks for the Superman smears. I discovered smears from that show -- specifically from the episode &quot;Knight Time&quot;, where Batman is missing and Superman fills in for him -- in his costume! This leads to a scene where &quot;Batman&quot; catches up to a villain with a casual burst of super-speed where he smears across the screen. I remember advancing Iritscenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337961772836416179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-9740181232527553052009-07-10T04:27:45.653-07:002009-07-10T04:27:45.653-07:00Another shining example of Chuck Jones&#39; genius...Another shining example of Chuck Jones&#39; genius.Larry Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796712092304761340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-47156913432118111772009-07-10T03:25:09.711-07:002009-07-10T03:25:09.711-07:00For me this is Jones&#39; best cartoon - that one ...For me this is Jones&#39; best cartoon - that one really big smear, (just before he says &#39;love is money&#39;) still gets me every time!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470360888569314277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-33836180805549881112009-07-10T02:12:54.205-07:002009-07-10T02:12:54.205-07:00love the dover boys
&quot;a runabout, I&#39;L STEA...love the dover boys<br />&quot;a runabout, I&#39;L STEAL IT NOONE WILL EVER KNOW!&quot; lolWillem Wynandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07108113549642661173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-12836532621923149792009-07-09T22:53:07.939-07:002009-07-09T22:53:07.939-07:00Lots of great comments, fitting for such an amazin...Lots of great comments, fitting for such an amazing little film. I can&#39;t draw to save my life, but if I <i>could,</i> I&#39;d draw something like Chuck Jones and his team did here.<br /><br />What I&#39;m good at (sort of) is written story construction and continuity, so Mr. K astonished me recently by saying that the most classic cartoons of the 30&#39;s-40&#39;-50&#39;s had no written Pilsner Pantherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811124330607816440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-29382901731026587262009-07-09T21:24:22.713-07:002009-07-09T21:24:22.713-07:00Dan Backslide looks more than a little bit like Fr...Dan Backslide looks more than a little bit like Frank Zappa.<br /><br />Also, I would cite Chris Reccardi&#39;s work at Games as an example of abusing smears, mostly because they didn&#39;t even transition to another pose, they just happened out of nowhere. I&#39;m not sure what his theory behind them was, but they always bugged the hell out of me.Ardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07761921583798323391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-12145178153727247722009-07-09T18:57:18.872-07:002009-07-09T18:57:18.872-07:00Mike F.:
Glad your hear again buddy because I got...Mike F.:<br /><br />Glad your hear again buddy because I got a doozy for you on your favorite subject, the ignorace of youth.<br /><br />During the Micheal Jackson tribute that recently aired, some jackass on MTV was stating that Micheal Jackson&#39;s favorite song was &quot;Smile&quot; by Charlie &quot;Chapman&quot;. Yes Mike, the dimwit said &quot;Chapman&quot; not once but twice.Rick Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-53626099419175777722009-07-09T18:34:20.773-07:002009-07-09T18:34:20.773-07:00My parents just told me to shut up from laughing a...My parents just told me to shut up from laughing at smears.<br /><br />I&#39;ve seen some of these things in the 90s Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon and Tiny Toons Adventures.<br /><br />They looked terrible. Like really bad.<br /><br />I know a guy named Wiley that said it would be really interesting to see Kennedy Cartoons animate Ren and Stimpy. I would&#39;ve gladly told him &quot;Hell no, man. RobochaoXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781001093312005272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-14671996333865410532009-07-09T15:42:50.480-07:002009-07-09T15:42:50.480-07:00I&#39;m reading the Chuck Jones book &#39;Chuck Re...I&#39;m reading the Chuck Jones book &#39;Chuck Reducks&#39; right now, and here&#39;s something he said about the Dover Boys:<br /><br />&quot;The Dover Boys was one of the first animated parodies, and of course the distributors in New York hated it because they had never seen anything like it before. They would have refused to release the picture, but they had already paid for it, so they Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869540004263391426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-6254896529200795822009-07-09T13:33:24.410-07:002009-07-09T13:33:24.410-07:00The next bit of animation has always been my favor...The next bit of animation has always been my favorite; when Dan pounds down shot after shot after shot at the bar and the bartender sneaks one for himself.Everything in this cartoon just kills me.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298128571900918624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-14548981406736514662009-07-09T13:11:20.023-07:002009-07-09T13:11:20.023-07:00Perfect scene! Nothing to add really.
And about S...Perfect scene! Nothing to add really.<br /><br />And about Superman... now he looks like he could stop bullets! Not sure about flying though.Zorrillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785263901609791012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-38186500392131708862009-07-09T12:43:52.781-07:002009-07-09T12:43:52.781-07:00When I first saw this, I also had the sensation th...When I first saw this, I also had the sensation that this was a very different sort of cartoon. It has an underlying feeling of creepiness that isn&#39;t usually associated with Warner Brothers. Granted, I was watching it late at night, but there is something deeply unsettling about Dan Backslide&#39;s stylized design and dramatic movements. He reminds me of Max Schreck as Nosferatu-- highly Mister 1-2-3-4https://www.blogger.com/profile/08106155326206515362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-84119191908088905182009-07-09T12:31:42.886-07:002009-07-09T12:31:42.886-07:00Great analysis of an essential American classic. ...Great analysis of an essential American classic. It&#39;s also one of those rare parodies that&#39;s become more famous than the original source material! (Who remembers <i>The Rover Boys</i> nowadays, except in connection with this cartoon?) <br /><br /><i>The Dover Boys</i> is also the best UPA cartoon that UPA didn&#39;t make, and one of the most influential caroons ever produced, period. mike f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-33439292185979689292009-07-09T12:30:13.590-07:002009-07-09T12:30:13.590-07:00My farvorite line:
&quot;A round-about ! I&#39;LL...My farvorite line:<br /><br />&quot;A round-about ! I&#39;LL STEAL IT ! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW !&quot;<br /><br />XDRick Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-42822349651399033952009-07-09T11:43:49.296-07:002009-07-09T11:43:49.296-07:00I love it. Those smears are so much more fun to lo...I love it. Those smears are so much more fun to look at than the streaks that appear unattached from the character. I can see how someone just discovering this technique would be inclined to abuse the privilege. This clip is great.bloatedsackofprotoplasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225301571381790562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-54432667496475928512009-07-09T11:14:55.455-07:002009-07-09T11:14:55.455-07:00Now if that Superman cartoon was done entirely lik...Now if that Superman cartoon was done entirely like that second- to- last frame, all blockheads, that would be great!Nayantarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355171890031760006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-75272535807485674062009-07-09T11:03:10.373-07:002009-07-09T11:03:10.373-07:00In the extremely short &quot;Animation History&quo...In the extremely short &quot;Animation History&quot; lecture on Chuck Jones... our instructor told us that Jones was technically fired over this cartoon, but because of the large studio lot, odd location of the tiny animation building, and hectic executive schedules to keep on top of details he managed to keep dodging the &quot;pink slip&quot; delivery and most of the tension was forgotten and SunshineFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411725375945209105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22406604.post-71425717888290029342009-07-09T10:15:53.214-07:002009-07-09T10:15:53.214-07:00I feel like if Jones had made more cartoons where ...I feel like if Jones had made more cartoons where the design itself drives the ideas and the humor, he wouldn&#39;t have taken until the late forties to make his most entertaining films.<br /><br />That was really the area that Jones personally excelled in, even thought it may not have been entirely appropriate for a studio like Warner Bros.Mattieshoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384858218918956317noreply@blogger.com